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Canada’s efforts to save the endangered North Atlantic right whale | A Morning with the Experts
Last week the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Our Daily Planet hosted a dialogue on the progress made, and challenges still ahead, in Canada’s efforts to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, a species vulnerable to both entanglement and ship strikes and on the brink of extinction. In a bid to […]
Some good news amongst the COVID chaos – successful disentanglements from around the world
While the COVID lock down has halted a lot of activities, large whale disentanglement teams around the world have remained busy. Here are just a few successful release stories from earlier this month. Cape Cod, USA 03/06/2020 – Center for Coastal Studies Image credit: Center for Coastal Studies The Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal […]
All caught up – disentangling whales in Newfoundland and Labrador
A great interview with Julie Huntington of the Whale Release and Strandings group in Newfoundland, one of the most successful disentanglement teams in the world. https://blog.cwf-fcf.org/index.php/en/disentangling-whales-ewfoundland-qa-julie-huntington/?fbclid=IwAR0rRtWehVlf_YQso6D-AVhNvuRPzS-KqNJ0ZDgVdWOtDLA7xC_c40yiexE “A disentanglement release can be done safely but it takes a community. It’s not just the WRS disentanglement team releasing the animal. It also includes the fishermen and their […]
Support your local Fishermen during Covid-19
– Buy fresh shellfish straight from the quayside, or get it delivered to your door! – #SourceLocal #EatLocal #SupportLocal As a result of COVID-19 the UK’s fishermen and seafood industry are facing enormous challenges, with many local fishers no longer able to supply their catch to overseas markets or UK restaurants. However YOU can […]
A message from SEA partner the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation
A message from SEA partner the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and repercussions of this to small-scale fishermen. “Can ALL Scottish Fishermen, especially those who rely on the live market, please email their MSP’s and MP’s asap and inform them of their predicament regarding the loss of market […]
This is not the way we’re going to conserve whale populations
A couple of years old now but a great article from across the pond. I had the pleasure of working with Scott, Everett and Bob in Cape Cod a few years back, in fact on my first day with the team I got to witness first-hand how slick their operation is when a call came […]
News from across the pond – 2020 Gear Innovation Summit
News this week from the 2020 Gear Innovation Summit in Halifax, Canada. Fishers, gear manufacturers, entanglement responders, environmental groups and government officials participated in a two-day workshop where discussions focused on ways to reduce fishing gear interactions with marine mammals. “…..there’s a misconception that the fishing industry is resistant to changes aimed at protecting marine […]
Alasdair Macleod, a life lived and lost at sea
Apologies for the silence on here in recent weeks folks, this is not because we have nothing to report, quite the opposite! As this phase of the SEA project comes to a close (April 2020 is our ‘official’ deadline) the project partners have been busy pulling together all of the data that has been collected […]
Guest blog – ropeless technologies and virtual gear marking
This blog was written by Kim Sawicki, an American scientist currently living and working in Scotland on a Fulbright scholarship. Her goal is to advance the development of ropeless technology and help bring about its regular use in pot and trap fisheries around the world. Kim’s vision is to end whale entanglements while also preserving […]
Using teamwork and technology to monitor Scottish seas
Following a very successful large whale disentanglement workshop in Ullapool in late October, a group of Scottish Entanglement Alliance (SEA) project partners completed a two-day drone operator training course. This training was delivered by Brian Taggart and Matt Pickett of the US-based Oceans Unmanned, a non-profit organisation founded to harness the power of technology to […]